Delivery-vehicle shelf system



J. D. SAVILLE DELIVERY VEHICLE SHELF SYSTEM Filed,Jan. 27, 1930 Inventor of GM] A ttorneyl Patented Oct. 14, 1930 PATENT oFFlcE JAY D. SAVILLE, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON DELIVERY-VEHICLE SHELF SYSTEM Application filed January 27, 1%i30. Serial No. 423,637.

My invention relates to delivery vehicle shelf systems and certain objects of the invention are to provide a shelf system adapted for installation in delivery trucks and other delivery vehicles and which comprises a plurality of spaced shelf units each having lower support and guide means for receiving and retaining the empty shelf sections and upper support and guide means for receiving and retaining said shelf sections for loading. Further objects are toprovide a shelf system comprising a plurality of shelf sections that are adapted to be slidably installed and interlocked whereby they may be readily and conveniently loaded and unloaded by slidable means. @ther objects are to provide a shelf system having means whereby the assembled or inter-locked shelves may be locked or secured against slidable movement, and means for preventing the loaded articles from slipping o of the shelves particularly when unloading.

lith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of the novel construction, adaptation, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. These objects are accomplished by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a fragmentary view in perspective of a delivery vehicle body showing my shelf system installed therein;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan View of a shelf unit and showing the interlocking means;

Fig. 3 is a view in longitudinal vertical section taken substantially on a broken line '3, 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective showing the arrangement of the support and guide rails and locking means on one side; and

Fig. 5 is a like view showing the same elements on the other side.

Referring to the drawings throughout which like reference numerals'designate like parts, the numeral 5 indicates the various side rails, a pair of which is provided for each shelf unit. As shown in Fig. 1, each lation as shown in Fig. 3.

of said pairs of rails are secured to the interior sides of the vehicle body in horizontally opposite arrangement and in spaced relation and extend substantially the length of said vehicle body. Each of said side rails 5 is provided with a lower runway or flange support 6 and a corresponding upper runway 7. The lower runways are adapted to retain the shelf sections when they are not in use and the upper runways are arranged to support said shelves when they are loaded.

The shelving is made in sections 8 that are arranged to extend transversely across the vehicle body with their end portions slidably resting on the runways 6 or 7. Fach of said shelf sections or boards is provided with a strap iron 9 riveted or otherwise secured across its end portion on the underside thereof and each of said straps is provided with an upturned or deflected forward end portion 10 and a rectangular loop l1 on its rear end. A short angle iron 12 is welded or otherwise secured transverse ly to the forward end portion of said strap irons adjacent their upturned end portions and which angle iron is used to lock the shelves in place and thus prevent them from working forward.

To interlock the shelf sections 8 they are placed transversely of the vehicle with their end portions resting on the runways G or 7 and their longitudinal edges in parallel re- The loop 11 of each pair of straps 9 lits over the upturned 8 end 10 of the straps secured to the adjacent shelf sections to form a completely assembled shelf. It will be apparent that each complete shelf may he pulled out as a whole and the sections disconnected one at a time, or they may be installed one at a time and connected to forni a complete shelf.

Each of the side runways (3 and 7 ls provided with a forward upturned end portion 13 and to lock each complete or assembled shelf in place same is pulled forward until the angle irons 12 pass over said stationai?, ends and drop down when same pushed back until the angle irons engage under said upturned ends as clearly shown in Figs. l and 5 of the drawings.

lt will now be obvious that l have provided a convenient and compact shelf system comprising a plurality of shelf units placed one above the other and each unit complete within itself. This system is particularly useful in the fact that the lower runways 6 of each unit are adapted for compactly retaining the shelves when not in use and the upper runways are adapted for ing the shelves with commodities. The shelves may readily he'transferred from the lower to the upper runways or vice versa and the slidable arrangement provides means whereby the shelves may be loaded or unloaded with ease and convenience. Referring to Fig. l, a head board or upstanding shelf la may be secured to either end section of the shelving and will serve to `drag the articles out when unloading and prevent them from slipping olf as will be understood. i

Having thus described my invention,rit being understood that minor changes may loe resorted to in its construction without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is l. A delivery vehicle shelf system comprising a plurality ofshelf units disposed in spaced relation one above the other, eachof saidunits comprising a pair of horizontally and oppositely disposed side rails, each of said side rails having an upper and a lower runway, a plurality of shelf sections with their end portions slidaloly disposedk on said runways with their edge portions arranged in adjacent parallel relation, and means for detachably interlocking said shelf sections to form a complete shelf for each unit.

2. A delivery vehicle shelf system c omprising a plurality of shelf units disposed in spaced vertical relation, each of said units comprising a pair of horizontally and opvpositely disposed side rails, each of said side rails having an upper and a lower runway, a plurality of shelf sections having their end portions slidaloly disposed on said runways with their edge portions arranged in adjacent parallel relation, means for detachably interlocking said shelf sections to form a complete shelf unit, and meansA for locking said complete shelf units tov prevent slipping.

3. A delivery vehicle shelf system comprising a plurality of shelf units arranged in vertical spaced relation, each of said Aunits comprising a pair of horizontally and oppositely disposed side rails, each of saidrside rails having an upper and a lower runway, a plurality of shelf sections having their ends slidably disposed on said runways with their edge-s arranged in adjacent parallel relation, means for detachably interlocking use in load- JAY n. sAviLLn.

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